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HEEL AND TOE ONLINE The official organ of the Victorian Race Walking Club 2020/2021 Number 09 Tuesday 1 December 2020 VRWC Preferred Supplier of Shoes, clothes and sporting accessories. Address: RUNNERS WORLD, 598 High Street, East Kew, Victoria (Melways 45 G4) Telephone: 03 9817 3503 Hours: Monday to Friday: 9:30am to 5:30pm Saturday: 9:00am to 3:00pm Website: http://www.runnersworld.com.au Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Runners-World/235649459888840 PAUL F DEMEESTER Thanks to US Attorney at Law Paul F. DeMeester for another wonderful article - the 37th in a row and it’s definitely his most labour intensive. Wow! You can see links to all Paul’s articles at the bottom of webpage http://www.vrwc.org.au/save-the-50km.shtml. THE OLYMPIC 20/50K DOUBLE: A POSITIVE EXCEPT FOR THE MELBOURNE FACTOR By Paul F. DeMeester At the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, now rescheduled, the men’s 20K walkers take the start on August 5, 2021 at 4:30 p.m. local time. The 50K starts at 5:30 a.m. the next morning. This schedule does not lend itself to doing the “double.” It wasn’t always so. Ever since the 20K joined the 50K at the Melbourne 1956 Games (save for 1976 when the 50K was not on the program), male race walkers have been able to compete over both distances. It would be nice if World Athletics would change the schedule to let someone like Yusuke Suzuki of Japan take a stab at both distances, like the IAAF did in 1996 at the Atlanta Games when the schedules for the 200m and 400m were changed to allow the great Michael Johnson try for both golds in front of a home crowd. One could argue the same should count for Suzuki before his home crowd in Sapporo. It’s amazing how many male race walkers have done the double. Women race walkers, of course, have been denied the same opportunity due to IOC sexism that persists to this day. Regrettably, all figures set forth herein apply only to male walkers. Let’s have a look at how many walkers tackled both distances. Year # of Walkers Doubling % Doubling Days Between 20 and 50Ks (of total 20&50K walkers) (+ means 20K held first) 1956 7/35 20% - 4 1960 14/61 23% +5 1964 13/60 22% +3 1968 11/59 19% +3 1972 14/66 21% +3 1980 12/49 24% +6 1984 18/55 33% +8 1988 16/79 20% +7 1992 6/79 8% +7 1996 11/102 11% +7 2000 8/96 8% +7 2004 7/95 7% +7 2008 8/104 8% +6 2012 9/110 8% +7 2016 12/142 8% +7 The 1984 Los Angeles Games were the heyday of doubling, both in absolute (18) and relative numbers (33%). Note that the number of days between the 20K race and the 50K race was the greatest (8 days) during those Games, providing the largest recovery period between the two events. After 1988, there was a marked drop-off in doublers. The only time that the 50K was held first was during the 1956 Games, hence the implied negative Melbourne factor in the title of this article. We don’t need a scientific study to surmise that racing a 50K four days before the 20K is much more difficult than the other way around. We’ll surmise below whether that may play a role in the outcome of the second race. Who are these walkers? In listing them, I have included those who were slated to take part in one of the two races but did not start. They could have been left off this list, but at least the intention was there; their non-start is noted, however. Finishing positions are reflected for each race, with the race that was conducted first listed on the left hand side. With the exception of Melbourne 1956, the 20K has always been held first. Medal positions are in bold numbers; DNF = Did Not Finish; DQ = Disqualified; and DNS = Did Not Start. Australian walker names are set forth in bold. 1956 Melbourne (50K first; then 20K four days later) 1960 Rome (20K first; then 50K five days later) John Ljunggren (SWE) 3/4 Noel Freeman (AUS) 2/DQ Abdon Pamich (ITA) 4/11 Norman Read (NZL) 5/DNF Ion Barbu (ROU) DNF/14 John Ljunggren (SWE) 7/2 Ronald Crawford (AUS) 13/13 Ladislau Mol (TCH) 8/11 Ted Allsopp (AUS) DQ/10 Alex Oakley (CAN) 9/6 Dumitru Parachivescu (ROU) DNF/14 Ronald Crawford (AUS) 11/DQ Josef Dolezal (TCH) DNF/DNF George Hazle (RSA) 13/12 Louis Marquis (SUI) 17/22 Charles Sowa (LUX) 18/21 Zora Singh (IND) 20/8 Naoui Zlassi (TUN) 28/DNF Anatoly Vedyakov (URS) DQ/9 Ajit Singh (IND) DQ/15 Mohamed Ben Lazhar (TUN) DQ/26 1964 Tokyo (20K first; then 50K three days later) 1968 Mexico City (20K first; then 50K three days) Alexander Bilek (TCH) 11/20 José Pedraza (MEX) 2/8 Henri Delerue (FRA) 13/15 Stefan Ingvarsson (SWE) 8/DNF István Göri (HUN) 15/DNS Antal Kiss (HUN) 14/2 Charles Sowa (LUX) 16/9 Stig Lindberg (SWE) 15/5 John Ljunggren (SWE) 19/16 Frank Clark (AUS) 16/12 Antal Kiss (HUN) 21/DNS Karl-Heinz Merschenz (CAN) 18/9 Ronald Crawford (AUS) 22/11 Charles Sowa (LuX) 19/16 Chedil El-Marghri (TUN) 24/30 Örjan Andersson (SWE) 21/13 Mieczyslaw Rutyna (POL) 26/DQ Mieczyslaw Rutyna (POL) 26/22 Robert Gardiner (AUS) DNF/5 Kazuo Saito (JPN) DNF/17 Alex Oakley (CAN) DNF/14 Felix Cappella (CAN) DNF/23 István Havasi (HUN) DNS/19 Naceur Ben Messaoud (TUN) DNS/DQ 1972 Munich (20K first; then 50K three days later) Moscow 1980 (20K first; then 50K six days later) Paul Nihill (GBR) 6/9 Josep Marin (ESP) 5/6 Jan Ornoch (POL) 7/DNF Raul Gonzalez (MEX) 6/DNF Vittorio Visini (ITA) 8/7 Bohdan Bulakowski (POL) 7/DNF José Oliveros (MEX) 9/DNF Reima Salonen ((FIN) 9/DNF Larry Young (USA) 10/3 Pavol Blažek (TCH) 14/10 Charles Sowa (LUX) 18/10 Aristidides Karageorgos (GRE) 15/12 Bernd Kannenberg (FRG) DNF/1 Enrique Peña (COL) 17/14 Hans Tenggren (SWE) DNS/12 Ernesto Alfaro (COL) 19/15 Daniel Björkgren (SWE) DNS/13 Juraj Benčik (TCH) DQ/13 Stefan Ingvarsson (SWE) DNS/15 Daniel Bautista (MEX) DQ/DNF Shaul Ladany (ISR) DNS/19 Bo Gustafsson (SWE) DQ/DNF János Dalmati (HUN) DNS/22 David Smith (AUS) DQ/DNF Kjell Georg Lund (NOR) DNS/24 Antal Kiss (HUN) DNS/26 1984 Los Angeles (20K first; then 50K eight days later) 1988 Seoul (20K first; then 50K seven days later) Ernesto Canto (MEX) 1/10 Ronaldo Weigel (GDR) 2/2 Raul Gonzales (MEX) 2/1 José Marin (ESP) 4/5 Maurizio Damilano (ITA) 3/DNF Roman Mrázek (TCH) 5/17 Guillaume LeBlanc (CAN) 4/DNF Simon Baker (AUS) 11/6 Marco Evoniuk (USA) 7/DNF Pavol Blažek (TCH) 15/12 Erling Andersen (NOR) 8/DQ Sándor Urbanik (HUN) 21/DNF Querubín Moreno (COL) 9/DNF Erling Andersen (NOR) 22/DNF François LaPointe (CAN) 11/DQ Stefan Johansson (SWE) 25/20 Gérard Lelièvre (FRA) 15/DNF Andrew Jachno (AUS) 28/19 Willi Sawall (AUS) 16/DNF Jan Staaf (SWE) 30/DNF Marcel Jobin (CAN) 21/DNF José Pinto (POR) 31/21 José Pinto (POR) 25/8 Héctor Moreno (COL) 33/30 Zhang Fuxin (CHN) 26/15 Godfried Dejonckheere (BEL) 35/DNF José Victor Alonzo (GUA) 34/17 Li Baojin (CHN) 41/29 Oswaldo Morejón (BOL) 36/DNF Reima Salonen (FIN) 42/18 Reima Salonen (FIN) DNS/4 Tadahiro Kosaka (JPN) 47/31 Dominique Guebey (FRA) DNS/12 Lars Ove Moen (NOR) DNS/13 1992 Barcelona (20K first; then 50K seven days later) 1996 Barcelona (20K first; then 50K seven days later) Guillaume LeBlanc (CAN) 2/DQ Mikhail Shchennikov (RUS) 7/2 Tim Berrett (CAN) 14/DQ Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 8/1 Stefan Johansson (SWE) 15/11 Yevgeniy Misyulya (BLR) 9/DNF Pavel Blažek (TCH) 17/29 Thierry Toutain (FRA) 10/DQ José Urbano (POR) DQ/25 Giovanni Perricelli (ITA) 16/13 Robert Korzeniowski (POL) DNF/DQ Daniel Garcia (MEX) 19/9 Li Mingcai (CHN) DNF/DNS Valentí Massana (ESP) 20/3 Giovanni De Benedictis (ITA) 27/DNF Hubert Sonnek (CZE) 52/DNF Héctor Moreno (COL) DNF/16 Fedosei Ciumancenco (MDA) 41/DNS 2000 Sydney (20K first; then 50K seven days later) 2004 Athens (20K first; then 50K seven days later) Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 1/1 Nathan Deakes (AUS) 3/DQ Nathan Deakes (AUS) 8/6 Jefferson Perez (ECU) 4/12 Aigars Fadejevs (LAT) 14/2 André Höhne (GER) 8/DNF Arturo Huerta (CAN) 24/DQ Aigars Fadejevs (LAT) 9/11 Dion Russell (AUS) 25/27 Takayuki Tanii (JPN) 15/DQ Tim Berrett (CAN) 26/DQ Han Yucheng (CHN) 40/DNF Gyula Dudás (HUN) 37/37 Yuki Yamazaki (JPN) DNF/16 Valeriy Borisov (KAZ) 38/25 2008 Bejing (20K first; then 50K six days later) 2012 London (20K first; then 50K seven days later) Jared Tallent (AUS) 3/2 Erick Barrondo (GUA) 2/DQ Luke Adams (AUS) 6/10 Jared Tallent (AUS) 7/1 Yuki Yamazaki (JPN) 11/7 Bertrand Moulinet (FRA) 8/9 Erik Tysse (NOR) 21/5 Robert Heffernan (IRE) 9/3 André Höhne (GER) 25/12 João Vieira (POR) 11/DNF Hatem Ghoula (TUN) 27/33 Alexandros Papamichail (GRE) 15/22 Takayuki Tanii (JPN) DQ/29 Ivan Trotski (BLR) 16/11 João Vieira (POR) 32/ DNS André Höhne (GER) 21/8 Park Chil-sung (KOR) DNF/10 2016 Rio (20K first; then 50K seven days later) Caio Bonfim (BRA) 4/9 Matteo Giupponi (ITA) 8/DNF Evan Dunfee (CAN) 10/4 Miguel Ángel López (ESP) 11/DNF Kim Hyun-sub (KOR) 17/DNF Hagen Pohle (GER) 18/DNF Alexandros Papamichail (GRE) 20/28 João Vieira (POR) 31/DNF Ihor Hlavan (UKR) 35/DNF Alex Wright (IRE) 46/DNF Quentin Rew (NZL) DQ/12 Andrés Choco (Ecu) DQ/DQ Quite an impressive list of walkers.